This dissertation evaluates the changes in food retailing patterns in the face of openmarkettrends in a medium sized city (Citlalicalli) in central Mexico. This evaluation iscarried out using the model of retail trade-concentration. The following questions areaddressed: whether...

One challenge faced by town centres is retail trade concentration in which market channels become vertically integrated and increasingly large retail facilities spread, often locating away from town centres. This paper examines the degree to which this has happened under both market and...